Exactal releases CostX 2.70
14 Nov 2007
Exactal is pleased to announce the release of version 2.70 of CostX® and CostX® Viewer. After many months of in-house and field testing, this release of the product is the most comprehensive improvement to the product since version 2.50 which introduced its multi-user networking capabilities.
Some of the new extensions and improvements for this release include:
- Further general speed improvements in the program and across networks
- Ability to protect workbook cells from being changed ensuring that templates remain as issued if required
- Zones on a project basis with standard zones across the system
- Global constants
- Global and project variables
- Manual dimensions
- Numerous reporting enhancements
- New reporting keywords
- Multi-lingual spell checker for workbooks
- Find & replace for workbooks
- Ability to measure directly from image files without converting to vector format
- Further improvements when importing from Revit
- Speed improvements rendering drawings especially on computers with dedicated video cards
- Further support for drawing register information
- Ability to place mark-ups on drawings and print or export them to PDF
- Support for PDF layers
Exactal continues to improve the CostX® product line and 2.70 is an important step in ensuring CostX® retains its lead in integrating drawings with estimates.
Existing customers with maintenance agreements are welcome to download and upgrade to CostX® 2.70 for free at http://techweb.exactal.com/downloads/CostX/